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The registered articles delivered amounted to 219,263 of which 102,664 were from the United States of America and Canada and 116,599 from China and other Countries shewing a decrease of 25,554 as compared with 244,817 in 1927.
6,439 insured letters were dealt with as against 5,296 in 1927.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licences were issued during the year was 321, a decrease of 10 as compared with 331 in 1927.
The licences of 27 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed shewing an increase of 1 as compared with 26 in 1927.
7.--MISCELLANEOUS.
The revenue collected by this Department during the year from radio-telegrams amounted to $161,493.06, an increase of $38,695.04 on the amount collected in 1927.
Advices of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses yielded $1,021.00, Semaphore messages $3.60 and Wireless Receiving Station Licences $482.31. The total Revenue from the Telegraph Service amounted to $162,999.97.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 38,422 consisting of 322,041 words against 22,793 consisting of 209,171 words in 1927, and 51,951 were received consisting of 477,109 words as against 26,326 consisting of 276,078 words in 1927.
Full particulars appear in Annexe I.
N. L. SMITH,
Postmaster General.
21st March, 1929.
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The registered articles delivered amounted to 219,263 of which 102,664 were from the United States of America and Canada and 116,599 from China and other Countries shewing a decrease of 25,554 as compared with 244,817 in 1927.
6,439 insured letters were dealt with as against 5,296 in 1929.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licences were issued during the year was 321, a decrease of 10 as compared with 331 in 1927.
The licences of 27 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed shewing an increase of 1 as compared with 26 in 1927.
7.--MISCELLANEOUS.
The revenue collected by this Department during the year from radio-telegrams amounted to $161,493.06, an increase of $38,695.04 on the amount collected in 1927.
Advices of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses yielded $1,021.00, Semaphore messages $3.60 and Wireless Receiving Station Licences $482.31. The total Revenue from the Telegraph Service amounted to $162,999.97.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 38,422 consisting of 322,041 words against 22,793 consisting of 209,171 words in 1927, and 51,951 were received consisting of 477,109 words as against 26,326 consisting of 276,078 words in 1927..
Full particulars appear in Annexe I.
N. L. SMITH,
Postmaster General.
21st March, 1929.
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